Pioneer Memorial, Granite obelisk in Hermann Park, Houston, US.
Pioneer Memorial is a tall, slender granite obelisk by sculptor Frank Teich, erected in 1936 in Hermann Park. Its square shaft tapers upward to a small pyramidion and rests on a rectangular base set on a rough-hewn stone plinth. A dark plaque is mounted on the lower front face, and the monument stands on a paved plaza beside a rectangular pool.
The Pioneer Memorial was erected in Hermann Park in 1936, a granite obelisk carved by the sculptor Frank Teich, who ran a stone-cutting business in Texas. It was raised as a monument to the pioneers of the region and has stood in the park since then.
The obelisk is a memorial to the pioneers of Houston, created by sculptor Frank Teich and erected in Hermann Park in 1936. Visitors today encounter it as a monument on a paved plaza beside a rectangular pool, with a dark plaque on the lower shaft.
The obelisk stands on a paved plaza beside a rectangular pool in Hermann Park, with trees and buildings visible in the distance. Visitors approach it on foot across the plaza; the rough-hewn stone plinth at its base is wider than the shaft above.
The obelisk was carved by Frank Teich, a German-born sculptor who ran a granite quarry in Llano, Texas, and supplied stone for monuments across the state. The memorial was erected in 1936, the year Texas marked its centennial.
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